Stories from 2013

March 20, 2013 |

Indiana University East will participate in a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 27, as part of Indiana’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 24 to 30. During “Operation Stormy Weather” all Indiana University campuses will activate a Tornado Warning Test Drill using IU-Notify, the university’s emergency notification system, between 10 and 10:30 a.m. for the ...

March 14, 2013 |

Indiana University East has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. The Honor Roll list is available online. IU East’s programs ...

March 8, 2013 |

Indiana University East will host the Spring Conference of the Indiana Section of the Mathematical Association of America March 22-23. Invited speakers include Ivars Peterson, MAA director of Publications and Communication, presenting “The Jungles of Randomness;” and Aparna Higgins, University of Dayton and MAA Project NExT Director, who will present “Sequences of Polygons.” IU East ...

March 4, 2013 |

History and Political Science Club to hold book signing An author book signing and sale featuring Assistant Professor of History Daron Olson and Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures Julian Simon will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, in the Community Room. The event is sponsored by the History and Political ...

March 4, 2013 |

Neon Trees will perform in concert Thursday, April 11, announced today by Indiana University East and the Student Activity Advisory Team. The doors will open at 7 p.m. with the concert starting at 8 p.m. and will be held at the Richmond High School Tiernan Center. Pre-sale tickets cost $15 for students, $25 for the ...

February 28, 2013 |

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced the selection of Kathryn Cruz-Uribe as the new chancellor of the IU East campus, subject to the approval of the IU Board of Trustees. Cruz-Uribe has been serving as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Monterey Bay. Cruz-Uribe has been at California ...

February 20, 2013 |

Education reformist and award-winning author Jonathan Kozol will visit Indiana University East April 3 at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium, located in Whitewater Hall. Kozol will present a lecture titled “Children and Teachers Under Siege: Race, Poverty, and the Public Schools.” Tickets are free and available for pick up beginning March 1 at the Office ...

February 19, 2013 |

Indiana University East will host an interactive breakfast forum for business and community leaders on public higher education on Thursday, March 7, in the Whitewater Hall Community Room. Interim Chancellor Larry Richards will present “The State of Public Higher Education and its Implications for IU East.”  Richards, whose academic background is in engineering, business management ...

February 19, 2013 |

The next Indiana University East Alumni Association legislative forum will be held from 8-9 a.m. on Friday, February 22, in the Springwood Hall Graf Center. The forums are an opportunity for the community to have an in-person discussion with Senator Allen Paul and Representatives Tom Saunders and Dick Hamm. The forums are free and open ...

February 18, 2013 |

The Positive Place Initiative presents “Chew on This,” a series of small group discussions focused on issues and action items collected from the 300 voices at the BOOST—Building On Our Strengths Together—event held at the end of January. “Chew on This” consists of five, concurrent, small group conversations that will take place at different community ...